Often people ask us “Why should I care about gender if I’m not trans my kid isn’t trans or I don’t have a trans student? I’m not impacted by gender on a regular basis.” This is just one of the infinite examples of how ALL kids are impacted by gender. #Repost @nytgender
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In a new poll of 1,000 children ages 10 to 19, girls say they feel empowered except when it comes to being judged on how they look. But boys felt caught: they said strength and toughness were the male character traits most valued. Asked what society expects boys to do when they feel angry, the largest group said they were supposed to be aggressive or be quiet and suck it up.

Alright, alright, I get it, y’all like my face!
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I’ve spent this year getting much more comfortable with myself. Self-expression, speaking my truth, and fckng wit the gender binary have opened me up and relaxed me more than I ever thought possible.
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I have YOU to thank for a lot of that! It’s been lovely having my words and my smile well-received by this lil community on Instaglam. It’s nice sharing when my vibez are met with love and appreciation.
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2018’s been v, v tough for me to navigate, and I lost sight of many things on more than one occasion. What’s beautiful about that, though, is I now have an immense amount of gratitude for everything and everyone that’s helped me through.
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Dark times make the light just that much more special. Thank you, for your love. I am grateful more than you know. ♥️✨
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#topnine#genderexpansive#pronouninclusive#queeraf#lightworker#whereisthelove#oneofthem#consciousnessshift#rainbowwarrior

This is such an important reminder that gender identity and gender expression are two different things! You can be non-binary or any other gender identity and express your gender however you want! To often the media and lack of representation make it seem as though you must do x,y,z to be considered non-binary enough, trans enough or even cisgender. Your identity/internal sense of self is valid no matter what your gender expression is! #repost @genuinevalentine

Office views today! Shoutout to all the folks we met this evening who were interested in volunteering with Gender Spectrum! If you’re interested in volunteering DM us for more info. We have lots of needs from facilitating our online groups, our annual conference, creating online content and so much more!

“First thing's first: consider gender a language that you have to learn to be fluent in. Like with any language, the older you get, the harder it is to understand, which is why some adults find it too daunting to learn. The truth is, it's really not so complicated, and we should really all be fluent in gender, because it helps all of us understand our own identities better. Sometimes people confuse gender with sex, and while the two words are related, they are not synonyms. Sex is the biological sum of your parts: physical anatomy, hormones, and your chromosomes. All of these can be individually changed to the point of legally altering your sex from something other than the sex you were assigned at birth. #Gender is totally different.
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If sex is your biology, then your gender identity is how you perceive yourself. Your gender identity can align with your biological sex, or it can be in opposition to it. Most people are familiar with the gender binary system, meaning there are two opposite, distinct, and fixed options: masculine/male/men and feminine/female/women. In the gender binary system, the classification is usually based on a person's physical anatomy, and is set in stone at birth or before birth.
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"Non-binary gender is any gender that isn’t exclusively male or female. #Nonbinary people may feel some mix of both male and female, somewhere in between, or something completely different. Other terms that are similar to 'non-binary' are gender-queer, gender expansive, gender nonconforming, and gender awesome." Dr. Meredith R. Chapman, who is a psychiatrist at the Children’s Health GENECIS Program in Dallas.
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One of the coolest things about non-binary gender is that it celebrates individuality, meaning there are as many possibilities for gender identity as there are people. We spoke with three people who identify somewhere on the non-binary spectrum about gender.”
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Art by @florencegiven Read more @teenvogue

It can be hard to take up space in a society that has such rigid expectations and acceptance around gender. How will you take up space and take care of your needs this week? Remember your valid, important and you matter! #mondaymotivation#repost @drawingsofdogs ・・・
Tag someone who inspires you to take up more space.
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Our society denies women space (particularly women of colour, queer, disabled, working-class, and trans, women). If you’re a man I hope you’re working at taking up less space.

Finally allowing myself to be non-binary has graced me w the deepest freedom I’ve ever felt in my entiiiiiiire life. I am a gender non-conforming, gender expansive human being ~~ ++ my preferred pronouns are they/them/theirs tyyyyy
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No matter what sex you got assigned at birth, you can hold whichever gender identity feels the most calm in your body. Gender is an evolving experience, and you are gorgeous in all your transience. I LOVE US !!!!!!!! 💗
song by @slwjmz + I
hair by @femme.alien
makeup by @misshannessy

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omg u guys... the second i saw this shirt over at @genuinevalentine it spoke to me... i knew i had to have it. thank u to the lovely folks over there for sending one my way. i feel like i’m living up my full queer potential.